Thematic Bible: Fractions of, used in currency
Thematic Bible
Shekel » Fractions of, used in currency
The servant answered Saul again and said, “Behold, I have in my hand a fourth of a shekel of silver; I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us our way.”
This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the Lord.
We also placed ourselves under obligation to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: